# Evan Edwards

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{{short description|Welsh footballer (1898-1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name        = Evan Edwards
|image_size  = 
|caption     = 
|fullname    = Evan Jenkin Edwards<ref name=Joyce/>
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1898|12|14|df=y}}<ref name=Joyce/>
|birth_place = [Bedlinog](/source/Bedlinog),<ref name=Joyce/> Wales
|death_date  = {{death year and age|1958|1898}}<ref name=Joyce/>
|death_place = 
|height      = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Optimists of the North. Wolverhampton Wanderers |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=6 August 1923 |page=6}}</ref>
|position    = [Outside left](/source/Outside_left)
|youthyears1 = –         |youthclubs1 = 
|years1      = 19??–1923 |clubs1 = [Merthyr Town](/source/Merthyr_Town_F.C.){{efn|Merthyr Town figures are for appearances in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) only, not those in the [1919–20 Southern Football League](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League) season.}}|caps1 = 80 |goals1 = 10
|years2      = 1923–1925 |clubs2 = [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers)                    |caps2 = 63 |goals2 = 12
|years3      = 1925      |clubs3 = [Mid-Rhondda United](/source/Mid_Rhondda_F.C.)        |caps3 =    |goals3 = 
|years4      = 1925–1926 |clubs4 = [Swansea Town](/source/Swansea_City_A.F.C.)           |caps4 = 11 |goals4 = 1
|years5      = 1926–1927 |clubs5 = [Northampton Town](/source/Northampton_Town_F.C.)     |caps5 = 11 |goals5 = 2
|years6      = 1927–192? |clubs6 = [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.)           |caps6 = 0  |goals6 = 0
|years7      = –         |clubs7 = [Ebbw Vale](/source/Ebbw_Vale_F.C.)                   |caps7 =    |goals7 =   
|years8      = 1928–1929 |clubs8 = [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.)                 |caps8 = 25 |goals8 = 3
|years9      = 1929–1930 |clubs9 = [Clapton Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.)          |caps9 = 4  |goals9 = 0
}}
'''Evan Jenkin Edwards''' (14 December 1898&nbsp;– 1958) was a Welsh [footballer](/source/association_football) who scored 28 goals from 194 appearances in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) playing at [outside left](/source/outside_left) for [Merthyr Town](/source/Merthyr_Town_F.C.), [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers), [Swansea Town](/source/Swansea_City_A.F.C.), [Northampton Town](/source/Northampton_Town_F.C.), [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.) and [Clapton Orient](/source/Clapton_Orient) in the 1920s. He was on the books of [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.) without representing them in the League, and also played for [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) clubs [Mid-Rhondda United](/source/Mid_Rhondda_F.C.) and [Ebbw Vale](/source/Ebbw_Vale_F.C.).<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=82 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>

Edwards played for Wales in an amateur international match against [England Amateurs](/source/England_amateur_national_football_team) in 1920. According to the ''[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)'' report, "E.J. Edwards, the Merthyr outside left, was the star artist  of the Welsh attack, and his elusive runs and centres were a feature of the first half, but following change of ends he was kept well under control"; his team lost 9–0.<ref>{{cite news |last=Beta |title='Don eint heey eat Merthyr!' Welsh comment on a 9–0 Amateur defeat |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London |date=26 January 1920 |page=9}}</ref>

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Category:1898 births
Category:1958 deaths
Category:People from Bedlinog
Category:Footballers from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Merthyr Town F.C. players
Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Mid Rhondda F.C. players
Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players
Category:Northampton Town F.C. players
Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Category:Ebbw Vale F.C. players
Category:Darlington F.C. players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Date of death missing
Category:Place of death missing
Category:Wales men's amateur international footballers
Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen

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